Police: Husband killed his wife in Highland Falls apartment complex

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Jun 22, 2014 at 2:00 AMJun 22, 2014 at 10:47 AM

Richard J. Bayne

HIGHLAND FALLS — Police detectives were knocking on doors Saturday at an apartment complex in the village, trying to learn more about what led to the death of a woman who was slain at the complex Friday night.

State police with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation at the Troop F Barracks said the killing developed out of a domestic dispute.

Police declined to provide much more information, including the names of the victim or her husband.

The three-story complex is located on Fort Putnam Street in Highland Falls, near the intersection with Drew Avenue.

Neighbors said the couple lived in a third-floor apartment.

Police put the time of the killing at about 9:40 p.m. Friday. A state police news release said the death “appears to be the culmination of a violent domestic dispute between husband and wife.”

The release said the husband fled the scene in his car but he was located early Saturday morning after crashing the car in Irvington, N.J. He was hospitalized Saturday in New Jersey. Police said he will be extradited to New York.

Although police would not say how the woman was killed, several neighbors, including one who said she is the slain woman's cousin, said the victim was stabbed.

Neighbor Jason Sams, who lives below the apartment where the couple lived, said he heard shouts and then heavy footsteps running down the stairs at the time police say the killing occurred.